Roundtable Series 2009/ 2010
In 2008 - 2009 Build the Out-of-School Time Network (BOSTnet) Roundtables convened over 500 Out-of-School professionals in and around Boston. BOSTnet is expanding our work throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to new locations and is looking for your support to do so. Using in results from our evaluations and feedback from the field, we will offer a series of original work covering topics that are key issues of the field such as behavior management, family engagement, inclusion of diverse learners, and Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) projects. We are currently identifying partnerships with organizations who see BOSTnet Roundtables as a vehicle for their own organization's professional development needs as well as contribution to building the field. Please consider your organization as a partner in the Leadership Roundtables.
BOSTnet Roundtables provide organizations or practitioners:
- Over 20 hours of affordable professional development
- Networking opportunities
- Communications
- Visibility as a collaborator
- BOSTnet toolkits
- DEEC Hours
- United Way requirements
We are looking for commitments for Boston, the North Shore, the South Shore, and Worcester this summer to launch our Autumn series. Please contact BOSTnet at info@bostnet.org to learn more about how to sponsor this series. To see highlights of past roundtables and a final year end review visit our blog at http://bostnet.blogspot.com/2009/04/bostnet-roundtable-year-in-review.html or www.youtube.com/bostnet.
5th Annual All Means All Conference! Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in OST
Date: Friday, October 9th, 2009
Location: Curry Student Center, Northeastern University
To register for this conference, (TBD)
To download a Registration Packet, (TBD)
Download a Call for Presenters Application.
If your organization would like to provide a Resource & Exhibit Table, (TBD)
Read the report on our 2008 All Means All Conference here.
View the 2008 All Means ALL Conference agenda here.
Please RSVP for all Conferences and Half-Day Forums at info@bostnet.org or 617-720-1290 x 232
2008-2009 Conference and Half-Day Forum Schedule
Conferences and Half-Day Forums for the 2009/2010 academic calendar
June 5, 2009: 9:30AM-12:30PM - Quality Half-Day Forum.
What does a Quality Out-of-School program look like? How will Quality be evaluated under the proposed Quality Rating and Information System (QRIS)? How does the field of Out-of-School Time define Quality? The Quality Half-Day Forum will attempt to bring perspectives and Best Practices from programs as well as BOSTnet's fieldwork and research on Quality Environments for Youth. Topics will include STEM in Out-of-School, Program Management, and QRIS.
9:30-10:00AM - Networking
10:00 - 10:30AM - Welcome, Maryellen Coffey (BOSTnet) and Keynote, Dr. Gil Noam (PEAR)
10:30-11:00AM - BOSTnet Presentation, Quality Environments for Youth
11:00-11:30AM - Quality Rating and Information System - State Perspective: Corey Zimmerman, Department of Early Education and Care; Provider Perspective: Tania Buck-Ruffen, Lynn YMCA
11:30-12:30PM - Panel Discussion including representatives of Bird Street Afterschool Program, For Kids Only, Inc., and Youth Work, Inc.
Please RSVP Here. Space is limited and this link will be closed when the event is full.
Location: The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02116 (please arrive early to sign in with security)
To follow the discussion leading up to the Quality Forum go to http://www.bostnet.blogspot.com
BOSTnet's Roundtable Series are part of our commitment to free and low cost professional development and Out-of-School Time field building. Our Roundtable events are part networking, part training, and always a place to exchange ideas and have a little fun solving big issues as well as learning individual strategies. We are holding sequenced events in two current locations representing Boston and the North Shore.
Boston Director's Roundtable (located in Boston)
North Shore Director's Leadership Roundtable (various locations of the North Shore Autumn 2009)
Please select your area and sign up for events. This year's North Shore Leadership Roundtables have concluded and will resume in the autumn 2009. Remaining Boston Roundtables are open to interested members of the Out-of-School Community. To read about past Roundtables or other discussion please go to www.bostnet.blogspot.com Contact us for details or to host a BOSTnet Roundtable Series in your area.
2008/2009 BOSTnet Leadership Roundtable Series Review
